Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 396 431 335
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 9.55% 11.99% 15.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.06% 39.54% 49.56%
Number of salaries quoted 295 303 294
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £29,316
25th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £38,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% -6.92%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,198 1,090 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 28.89% 30.31% 31.75%
Number of salaries quoted 621 594 577
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.78% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -5 115 £57,500 +15.00% 56
Cambridgeshire +11 97 £40,000 -14.67% 37
Essex -9 69 £32,500 -36.27% 29
Bedfordshire +6 53 £30,750 -38.50% 20
Suffolk +10 39 £47,500 +43.94% 12
Norfolk -8 19 £60,000 +87.50% 16
East Anglia - 4 £95,000 - 15
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 45 (11.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (8.59%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.27%) Confluence
4 6 (1.52%) WordPress
5 4 (1.01%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.76%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.25%) Apache
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (12.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 140 (35.35%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 79 (19.95%) AWS
4 75 (18.94%) Entra ID
5 26 (6.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 26 (6.57%) PowerApps
6 20 (5.05%) Azure AI
7 19 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (4.80%) SaaS
8 17 (4.29%) GitHub
8 17 (4.29%) Power Automate
8 17 (4.29%) Snowflake
9 14 (3.54%) GCP
10 12 (3.03%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.78%) Serverless
12 10 (2.53%) IaaS
13 9 (2.27%) PaaS
14 7 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 74 (18.69%) Firewall
2 37 (9.34%) DHCP
3 36 (9.09%) DNS
4 29 (7.32%) VPN
5 27 (6.82%) WAN
6 26 (6.57%) TCP/IP
7 21 (5.30%) LAN
8 20 (5.05%) Internet
9 18 (4.55%) Wireless
10 14 (3.54%) VLAN
11 13 (3.28%) SAN
12 12 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (2.78%) WLAN
14 7 (1.77%) IP Telephony
15 5 (1.26%) SD-WAN
16 4 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
16 4 (1.01%) Network Security
17 3 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.76%) VoIP
18 2 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.40%) Power BI
2 37 (9.34%) SQL Server
3 24 (6.06%) Tableau
4 13 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.28%) MySQL
5 7 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.52%) Redis
7 5 (1.26%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.01%) Big Data
8 4 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.76%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.76%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.81%) Git
2 11 (2.78%) JIRA
3 6 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.51%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) MSTest
4 2 (0.51%) NUnit
4 2 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.51%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.51%) TestNG
5 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 48 (12.12%) Finance
3 17 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.79%) Law
5 14 (3.54%) Retail
6 13 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.78%) Multimedia
8 10 (2.53%) Automotive
8 10 (2.53%) Publishing
9 8 (2.02%) Legal
10 6 (1.52%) Back Office
11 4 (1.01%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.01%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.76%) Marketing
13 2 (0.51%) Advertising
13 2 (0.51%) Electronics
13 2 (0.51%) Games
13 2 (0.51%) Local Government
13 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 87 (21.97%) Analyst
2 58 (14.65%) IT Support
3 46 (11.62%) Junior
4 42 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 41 (10.35%) Developer
6 40 (10.10%) Junior Analyst
7 37 (9.34%) Senior
8 36 (9.09%) Support Analyst
9 33 (8.33%) Architect
10 30 (7.58%) IT Engineer
11 29 (7.32%) Support Engineer
12 26 (6.57%) Azure Engineer
13 23 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support
14 22 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (5.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 20 (5.05%) Data Analyst
15 20 (5.05%) Junior Data Analyst
15 20 (5.05%) Junior Security Analyst
15 20 (5.05%) Security Analyst
16 19 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.83%) .NET
2 22 (5.56%) CSS
3 15 (3.79%) React
4 13 (3.28%) HTML
5 11 (2.78%) jQuery
6 10 (2.53%) Vue
7 8 (2.02%) REST
7 8 (2.02%) Web Services
8 7 (1.77%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.52%) .NET Framework
9 6 (1.52%) YAML
10 5 (1.26%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.26%) ARM Templates
11 4 (1.01%) .NET Core
11 4 (1.01%) Node.js
11 4 (1.01%) Pandas
11 4 (1.01%) PyTorch
11 4 (1.01%) scikit-learn
11 4 (1.01%) SignalR
11 4 (1.01%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.54%) Data Centre
2 13 (3.28%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (2.78%) IoT
5 9 (2.27%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.77%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.01%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.01%) Clustering
9 4 (1.01%) iPad
9 4 (1.01%) PKI
9 4 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.76%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.51%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 147 (37.12%) Windows
2 110 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 35 (8.84%) Windows 10
4 28 (7.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (5.30%) Mac OS
6 18 (4.55%) Linux
7 15 (3.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.78%) Android
9 8 (2.02%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.51%) Unix
10 2 (0.51%) VMS
11 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.25%) SUSE
11 1 (0.25%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (18.43%) Customer Service
3 67 (16.92%) ITIL
4 66 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 61 (15.40%) Agile
6 50 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (12.63%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 48 (12.12%) Mentoring
8 44 (11.11%) Analytics
9 41 (10.35%) AI
9 41 (10.35%) DevOps
9 41 (10.35%) Roadmaps
10 38 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (9.09%) CI/CD
12 33 (8.33%) Service Delivery
13 31 (7.83%) Technology Roadmap
14 29 (7.32%) Process Improvement
15 25 (6.31%) Data Analytics
15 25 (6.31%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 58 (14.65%) Python
2 56 (14.14%) SQL
3 55 (13.89%) PowerShell
4 43 (10.86%) C#
5 28 (7.07%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.29%) PHP
7 12 (3.03%) Java
8 10 (2.53%) R
9 9 (2.27%) C++
10 6 (1.52%) VB.NET
10 6 (1.52%) VBScript
11 5 (1.26%) Bash
12 3 (0.76%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.51%) Bicep
14 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.25%) Go
14 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (18.94%) Azure Certification
2 61 (15.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 38 (9.60%) Degree
4 30 (7.58%) DBS Check
5 26 (6.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 25 (6.31%) AWS Certification
7 21 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
8 20 (5.05%) CompTIA CySA+
8 20 (5.05%) Security Cleared
9 17 (4.29%) CCNA
10 16 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (3.79%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (3.54%) SC Cleared
13 13 (3.28%) A+ Certification
14 12 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 10 (2.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 8 (2.02%) MCP
17 8 (2.02%) MCSA
18 7 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.03%) GDPR
2 11 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.26%) QA
6 4 (1.01%) NIST
7 3 (0.76%) SLA
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) GxP
8 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.51%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.51%) NCSC
8 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 121 (30.56%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.05%) Hyper-V
2 20 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (3.79%) Docker
5 4 (1.01%) vSphere
6 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 70 (17.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.54%) SCCM
3 11 (2.78%) Terraform
4 10 (2.53%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.26%) Ansible
6 4 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.01%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.51%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.51%) Puppet
7 2 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.25%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.25%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.25%) Grafana
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 249 (62.88%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.33%) VMware
3 20 (5.05%) ForeScout
4 18 (4.55%) Cisco
5 16 (4.04%) SAP
6 14 (3.54%) Fortinet
6 14 (3.54%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.28%) Apple
8 12 (3.03%) Palo Alto
9 10 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
9 10 (2.53%) Workday
10 9 (2.27%) HP
11 8 (2.02%) Atlassian
11 8 (2.02%) DevExpress
11 8 (2.02%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.77%) Aruba
12 7 (1.77%) Google
12 7 (1.77%) Oracle
12 7 (1.77%) Veeam
13 6 (1.52%) Dell